Improvement in paper collars



- E. BRADY.

PAPER-COLLAR. N0.17Z,O76. 4 Patented Jan.11,1876.

NFETERS, PHOTD LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

. EDWARD BRADY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,076, dated January 11, 1876; application filed March 14, 1872. i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD BRADY, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Shirt-Collars, of which the following is a specification:

The subject of my invention is a shirt-collar of paper, linen, or other material, which may be converted at will into either a stand-up or turn-down collar, and which may be used, when turned down, with either the ends or the center secured to the front button or stud of the shirt-band.

In the accompanying drawing, Figures 1 and 2 represent two forms of the improved collar extended, and Fig. 3 a perspective view.

The band A of the collar is of the usual shape, and the flap is secured to, or forms a part thereof, the-crease or seam b between the two serving as a guide on which to fold the flap when the same is to be turned down. The ends 0 O of the band project beyond the flap, and are provided with button-holes c c; and a third hole, d, is formed in the middle of the band, as usual. The flap, instead of being in a continuous piece, as usual, is divided at the center to form two divisions, B B, the adjacent edges 61 being finished like the other ends a, and being either straight, as shown in Fig. 1, or curved, as shown in Fig. 2. Both sides of the band and both sides of the flaps are finished, so that Whatever portion of the collar is exposed will present, or resemble, the appearance of starched and dressed linen.

When a stand-up collar is required the collar is secured to the stud in front of the shirtband by means of the central button-hole d, the ends U G overlapping and being connected to the stud at the back of the band. When a turned-down collar is needed the sections of the flaps are folded to the position shown in Fig. 3, and the collar is applied, as before; or

if the collar, after having been used in this position, should be soiled, or a collar with a narrower flap is desired, the central buttonhole may be applied to the stud at the back of the shirt-band, and the ends 0 0 brought to the front.

It will be seen that by dividing the flap and finishing both sides, the collar may be used either as a stand-up or turn-down collar, and with either the center or the ends in front.

I do not claim a collar finished on both sides; but

I claim- The within-described collar, consisting of the band A, having the usual button-holes 0 c d, and a flap divided at the ccnter'to form two sections, B B, each finished or dressed on both sides and at both ends 0 d, all as and for the purpose specified.

EDWARD BRADY. Witnesses; ED. BRADY, Jr., W. F. BRADY. 

